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Game 51: May 31, 2009 Red Sox8W: Jon Lester (4-5)29-22, 1 game winning streak Blue Jays2L: Ricky Romero (2-2)29-24, 1 game losing streak Highlights: Terry Francona shook up the lineup (Pedroia, Drew, Youkilis, Bay, Lowell, Ortiz, Varitek, Ellsbury, Green) and the results were promising. Lester’s first inning was disquieting: Marco Scutaro led off with an infield single, Alex Rios walked, the pair executed a double steal, and Vernon Wells lofted a sacrifice fly to left. Through it all Lester worked ploddingly, which he does when he is overthinking. John Farrell must have said something to Jon Lester in the dugout after the end of the first because the southpaw picked up the pace for the rest of the game. Lester was the stopper for this series with his six innings of impressive pitching: 3 hits, 1 earned run, 3 walks, and 12 strikeouts. All three hits were infield hits.While Lester had his best outing of 2009 Ricky Romero had his worst. Lasting only four innings, the sixth overall pick in the 2005 draft allowed 6 hits, 5 earned runs, 5 walks, 5 strikeouts, and 2 home runs. Others drafted after Romero and their draft slot: Troy Tulowitzki (7th), Cameron Maybin...
Game 49: May 29, 2009 Red Sox3L: Tim Wakefield (6-3)28-21, 1 game losing streak Blue Jays6W: Casey Janssen (1-1)H: Brandon League (2)S: Scott Downs (6)28-23, 1 game winning streak Highlights: Rance Mulliniks filled in for Jerry Remy. Like Remy he was a slightly above average player who debuted in the mid-70s and has reemerged as a baseball analyst. A third baseman, Mulliniks had more power than Remy, but Remy trumped the former Blue Jay in the speed department. Mulliniks’s career petered out just as the Blue Jays won their first world championship. He wasn’t on the playoff roster and was granted free agency after the conclusion of the 1992 season. For Mulliniks, Flashback Friday uniforms aren’t a way to recreate an all-but-forgotten past for new fans but a living memory of his last season as a ballplayer. Don Orsillo and Rance Mulliniks played dueling analysts for nine innings. A Rogers Sportsnets employee, he knows the Toronto roster backwards and forwards, and didn’t hesitate to volunteer this knowledge. He always did so with a polite “excuse me” if he talked over Orsillo, but he definitely wasn’t catering to his audience.In contrast, Jerry Remy is able to adjust his approach if he...
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